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How Can Archaeologists Identify and Interpret The Remains of Religious Activity?
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How Can Archaeologists Identify and Interpret The Remains of Religious Activity? Archaeology employs the same methods and techniques to identify and then interpret the remains of religious activity as it does any other remnant of the past, namely through the discovery and investigation of material - artifacts, organic and environmental remains and features of the excavated landscape - before commencing the process of analysing the significance of these finds and the way in which they lend themselves to informed interpretation. Such interpretation is not simply a matter of educated guesswork, but a procedure that incorporates established indicators and theories of classification to allow these remains to be placed in context and then a role or meaning within this context to be extrapolated. At the outset, one has to accept the premise that material culture collected in the objects and constructions of previous generations is meaningfully connected to the way in which they...
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